3 months after I first picked up electric bass over 20 years ago, I had to play a gig with my friends at their school. I remember it was a three song set, and one of the songs was 'Enter Sandman' from Metallica's 1991 'The Black Album'.

In the process of listening to the album back in the day to learn 'Enter Sandman', I was also drawn to 'My Friend of Misery'. It had a mesmerising chordal bass intro, and I had no idea how the heck it was played back then.

'My Friend of Misery' was also the tune a friend used to teach me basic theory, but it was more than a decade later that I actually knuckled down and forced myself to learn chord theory and modes.


Equipment used:
Bass:
Late '90s ESP Tetsu Bass IV
D'Addario XTB coated strings (0.045 to 0.105)
Graphtech graphite saddles
Nordstrand Audio Tone Drop (0.1uf tone cap, 70% rolled off)
Neck and middle pickup on
Fender Fat Finger
Gravity 2.0mm Acrylic Striker XL

Audio:
Boss GT-1B used as audio interface
Gallien Krueger amp sim with organic cab sim (bright on)
Bass Distortion patch set to low drive
Hi-Band Compressor patch
Edited in Reaper

Video:
iPhone 7
Edited in Davinci Resolve 16